Saturday had switched between rain and hot sun. Apparently that never happens in California, because my California sourced Pantera’s paint couldn’t take that weather! I had waxed the paint back home, so the rain made beads of water. And when the sun then came, apparently the beads acted as a magnifying glass increasing the heat. When I came back to my car and the rain had stopped, I took the microfiber cloth just to dry and clean it, and I saw that all horizontal areas were spotted. Some said that this could be the result of crappy American thermoplastic paint with no clear coat, something we haven’t used in Europe in decades. I don’t know of course, but since the paint job is already the least professional I’ve seen on a proper car (side markers and doorhandles not removed, door areas painted with a brush) I’ll believe anything. I’ll try to polish it when I have time, but consensus was that I won’t be able to. Looks like new paint this winter
Le Mans Classic ended for us Sunday morning, two days of driving in front of us. The first night we met at the Blankenheim hotel with the Danes and Finns, time for kill stories and goodbuys. And a few beers. We agreed it had been a great great trip. Thank you Charlie. Weather at Le Mans could have been better, but seeing driving in the rain is also interesting. My Pantera had a few challenges the first day, but since then it worked perfectly. 4000 km with a 600 HP race motor in the back is against nature I guess, but we did it. I do have a few things to do to it, clean it, polish/paint it, and do something about my seats, my ergonomics in there were not good. But all in all it did well, 4000 km is a good stress test for any classic car, and it passed the test.
Back home now. Grass and weeds seem to have had a good time. Man, I need a vacation…
The End!
